A.T. Still Memorial Library named LEAD Award recipient by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine
Posted: January 28, 2025
A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) A.T. Still Memorial Library has been named a recipient of the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
This marks A.T. Still Memorial Library’s second consecutive year receiving the honor.
The LEAD Award honors academic libraries’ programs and initiatives that encourage and support diversity, equity, and inclusion. These include, but are not limited to research, technology, accessibility, exhibitions, and community outreach. A.T. Still Memorial Library will be featured, along with 33 other recipients, in the March 2025 issue of Insight Into Diversity magazine.
“ATSU is immensely proud of the work done by A.T. Still Memorial Library and thanks Insight Into Diversity magazine for this recognition,” said ATSU Chancellor Craig Phelps, DO, ’84. “Congratulations to library leadership and staff on our Missouri, Arizona, and California campuses.”
“Receiving the LEAD Award for a second year highlights the dedication of library staff to the library’s values of being a responsive, inclusive, and collaborative library for our University community,” said ATSU Library Director Hal Bright, MLS, AHIP. “I am proud of the library’s accomplishments, acknowledged by receiving the 2025 LEAD Award.”
Insight Into Diversity magazine selected A.T. Still Memorial Library because of the library’s multitude of projects in support of its diversity statement and action plan, including developing diverse collections, promoting open-source publications, designing and implementing equitable programming, and engaging with ATSU’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion, student organizations, University diversity initiatives, and committees.
A call for nominations for this award was announced in October 2024.
“We know that many academic libraries are not always recognized for their dedication to diversity, inclusion, and access,” says Lenore Pearlstein, owner and publisher of Insight Into Diversity magazine. “We are proud to honor these college and university libraries as role models for other institutions of higher education.”
For more information about the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award, visit insightintodiversity.com.